County profile
Saline County, KS
United States · GDP 2024
#825 of 3,127 US counties by GDP46th-percentile growthmore diversified than 65% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
26,138
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,489
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
53,377
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$65.4k±$3.6k
Bachelor's degree+
29.1%±2.3%
Poverty rate
11.9%±1.7%
Business applications
588 · 2025
Retail establishments
215
40.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing28%
Health care26%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation15%
Transportation7%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
53,377
residents · 2025 · -1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $62.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,027
International migration+558
Natural change−409
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.0B2019
$2.9B2020
$3.2B2021
$3.5B2022
$3.7B2023
$3.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$179.6k±$6.3k
Median gross rent
$961/mo±$32/mo
Vacancy rate
6.8%±1.5%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$18.1M
107 units · 2.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
66.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 94Ice storm 93Tornado 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3812016
3932017
4042018
4152019
4272020
4722021
5222022
5512023
5702024
6012025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 43% since 2021752021
902022
1192023
2952024
1072025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.9 km
I-135
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
UP
Nearest port
242.2 km
WHITE CLOUD GRAIN CO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
0.7 km
SALINA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.0k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Saline?
Saline's economy produced $3.9B in 2024, growing 4.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.